Chemical Dominoes
Chemical Dominoes:
For this project, we were assigned the task of creating a board game that incorporates chemical reactions into the actual game itself. We were required to use multiple types of reactions such as, physical change, chemical change, production of a gas, and double and single displacement reactions;and in the end we had to have these reactions light an LED. We decided that it would best fit our game to have setting off our reactions be the sort of prize for completing the trivia. We used a Rube Goldberg design at the end of our disney princess trivia themed board game to incorporate the reactions.
Our Idea/Project:
My group and I decide to do a trivia type game and that our theme would be Disney. Disney is very popular among kids these days so we thought it would best suite our audience for the family game night, and it was a simple but fun idea. Our board game itself was a long board of cardboard with 4 different paths to go down, so there is a maximum of 4 players. Each path is the same amount of spaces, and each player moves one space up per every correctly answered question. The answers are in multiple choice format so it is not impossible for kids to complete. At the end of the path was a castle we built out of legos in class, and that was the end goal, to reach the castle and set off the reactions before the other players. Our Rube Goldberg is set up at the opposite end of the board from where players start, behind the castle.
The document below is the rules for our game that our group member Olivia made!
My group and I decide to do a trivia type game and that our theme would be Disney. Disney is very popular among kids these days so we thought it would best suite our audience for the family game night, and it was a simple but fun idea. Our board game itself was a long board of cardboard with 4 different paths to go down, so there is a maximum of 4 players. Each path is the same amount of spaces, and each player moves one space up per every correctly answered question. The answers are in multiple choice format so it is not impossible for kids to complete. At the end of the path was a castle we built out of legos in class, and that was the end goal, to reach the castle and set off the reactions before the other players. Our Rube Goldberg is set up at the opposite end of the board from where players start, behind the castle.
The document below is the rules for our game that our group member Olivia made!
Reflection:
This project overall was a very fun experience, even after all the failed attempts and hardships my group and I faced. Our peers seemed to like our idea, and the kids who visited us on game night did too!
The biggest problem we faced was time management. We struggled finding time to test our Rube Goldberg enough to get it to perfection, so it was slightly flawed. We also struggled finding the perfect way to do the reactions that we had designed to be within the Rube Goldberg. I think we would have succeeded in the long run if we had tested our reactions before constructing the Rube Goldberg and just hoping for the best.
The biggest problem we faced was time management. We struggled finding time to test our Rube Goldberg enough to get it to perfection, so it was slightly flawed. We also struggled finding the perfect way to do the reactions that we had designed to be within the Rube Goldberg. I think we would have succeeded in the long run if we had tested our reactions before constructing the Rube Goldberg and just hoping for the best.